Combined gasolene and oil tank.



C. F. BUDROE. COMBINED GASOLENE AND OIL TANK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I], 1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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CHARLES F. BUDROE, OF DAYTON, CI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAVIS SEWINGMACHINE COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINED GASOLENE AND OIL TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 1'7, 1914. Serial No. 872,642.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. BUDROE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Gasolene andOil Tanks, of which the-following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates 'to a combined gasolene and oil tank and isdesigned more particularly for use in connection with motorcycles,although it may .be useful in connection with other fluids and for otherpurposes.

The available space on a motorcycle for "the. support of the variousmachinery, containers, etc, is very limited and the arrangement mustnecessarily be very compact. It

a has been customary to mount the gasolene container upon the horizontalframe memher, thereby supporting the tank in .a convenient position andin a position which is so far above the engine as to enable gravity tobe utilized in feeding the gasolene, or other explosive fluid, to theengine. It is also desirable that the oil receptacle-should be soarranged that a gravity or drip feed can be utilized. To accomplish thisit is, in practice, necessary that the oil receptacle should also bemounted upon or close to the horizontal frame member. As it is notpractical or desirable to mount two separate receptacles or tanks on theframe member it has been the practice heretofore to combine these tworeceptacles in one. To this end it has been customary to provide thegasolene tank with a false bottom spaced far enough from the real bottomof the tank to form an oil receptacle of the desired capacity. Whilethis arrangement has the desired characteristic of compactness it wasopen to serious objections in other respects. One of the principalobjections was the tendency of the partition to spring a leak, thusallowing the gasolene to mix with the oil. The gasolene tanks usuallycontain about two and onehalf gallons of fluid and are frequently overtwo feet in length. It will be apparent, therefore, that when themachine is being ridden over a rough road or even over a comparativelysmooth road, the gasolene will be caused to move from one end of thetank to the other and will acquire considerable momentum, thus imposinga severe shock upon the tank and particularly upon the partition whichforms the bottom wall of the gasolene receptacle. This action of thefluid within the receptacle, combined with the vibration to which thetank is sub-,

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provide a combined gasolene and oil tank having all the desirablequalities of the tank now in use and avoiding the undesirable features.thereof.

To this end it is a further object of th invention to provide a tankhaving a body portion to contain the gasolene and having formed thereina chamber in which is mounted a separate receptacle for the oil.

A further object is to so arrange the wall or walls which form thechamber as to reinforce and stifien the walls of the tank;

and it is also an object of the invention to so arrange the walls of thechamber within the gasolene receptacle that they will extend into thepath of movement of the fluid therein, thus tending to retard thismovement and reduce the shock caused by the movement of the fluid.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on the line as as of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of thearrows; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line yy of Fig. 1.

In these drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention andhave shown the same as applied to a tank designed to fit in the upperpart of the frame 100 tion 1 is a partition or wall 3 which forms 110 Ashere shown the tank comprises a comprising an angular wall 3 rigidlysecured at its upper and lower edges to the top and bottom walls of thebody portion of the tank and having its end portions secured to one ofthe lateral walls of said bodyportion, thereby forming a chamber-rectangular in cross section, as shown in Fig. 1. This wall beingrigidly connected to the top and bottom walls of the body portion of thetank serves to brace and reinforce those walls against vibration, dueeither to the travel of the motorcycle or to the movement of the fluidwithin the tank. Further, the wall forming the compartment extends intothe path of the fluid as it moves lengthwise of the elongated bodyportion of the tank, thereby retarding this lengthwise movement andmaterially reducing the impact and shock due to .the same. Preferably,the chamber formed by the walls 3 is not used as a receptacle for thefluid but serves to receive a receptacle 4 which is formed separatelyfrom the body portion and is shaped to fit snugly within the chamber,within which it may be removably secured in any suitable manner. In thepresent instance, the top of the oil receptacle 4 is provided withflanges 5 and the top wall of the body portion is provided with a recessextending about the chamber to receive these flanges so that when thereceptacle is secured in position Within the body portion the top wallof the receptacle is substantially flush with the top wall of the bodyportion of the tank, thus giving the tank a smooth, finished appearance.The oil receptacle 4 may be removably secured in the chamber by anysuitable device but, in the present instance, I have provided screws 6for this purpose, which screws extend through the flanges 5 and intosockets formed in the wall of the body portion 1. The top wall of thereceptacle 4 is provided with a screened filling opening 7 and the usualpump 8. These devices are well known and do not form a part of thepresent invention. In the present arrangement, where the chamber extendsfrom the top to the bottom of the body portion of the tank, the bottomwall of the chamber is provided with openings, as shown at 9 and 10, toreceive the discharge nipples 11 and 12, by means of which the oil isfed from the receptacle 4 to the points of consumption. This arrangementmaterially facilitates the assembling of the two parts of the tank as itis only necessary to remove one or two parts carried by the nipples toenable the receptacle 4 to be bodily removed from its chamber.

It will be apparent, therefore. that I have provided a. combinedgasolene tank and oil receptacle which is not only of a stronglyreinforced construction and is of such a character as to reduce theshock due to the movement of the fluid therein, thereby reducing theliability of leakage, but that the oil is supported in a receptacleindependently of the walls forming the chamber in: the body portion ofthe tank. Consequently, even should these walls spring a leak, which isnot likely to happen in the present construction, the gasolene could notreach the oil in the receptacle 4; further, the receptacle 4 beingremovably mounted in. the chamber access can very readily be had to thewalls of the chamber to repair any leak which may occur therein.

\Vhile I have shown and described ,one embodiment of the inventionitwill berunderstood that this has been chosen for the purposes ofillustrationonly and that I do. not desire to be limited to the detailsof construction shown and described, for obvious modifications willoccurto a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a tank of the characterdescribed, a fluid tight body portion having an opening in its topadjacent one side thereof, a fluid .tight :partition arranged in saidbodyportion to form a chamber, said partition hav ingits ends attachedto said side and spaced from the ends of the body portion, oneedgeattached to the bottom and its other edge attached to the top of saidbody portion and encircling said opening, and a receptacle mountedwithin said. chamber and having one wall arranged to close the opening.

2.. A tank of the character described comprising a fluid tight bodyportion, a fluid tight partition arranged in said body portion to form achamber having one en open, and a receptacle filling said chamber. andhaving one wall arranged to close the open end of said chamber, theouter surface of said wall being substantially flush with; the surfaceof said body portion.

Q A tank of the character described comprising a fluid tight bodyportion, a fluid of said chamber, the outer surface of said wall beingsubstantially flush with the surface of said body portion, said wallhaving portions overlapping the adjacent portions of said body portionto receive fastening devices.

5. In a device of the character described, a body portion constitutingan outer chamber adapted to hold a fluid, a partition forming with aportion of said body portion an inner chamber adapted to hold a fluid ofa nature different than the first-mentioned fluid, said inner and outerchambers being fluid tight with respect to each other,said inner chamberbeing spaced from the ends and a side of said outer chamber, therebyacting as a bafiie.

6. In a device of the character described, a body portion constitutingan outer chamber adapted to hold a fluid, a partition in said chamberbracing the top and bottom of said body portion, said partition formingwith a portion of said body portion an inner chamber adapted to hold afluid of a nature different from the first-mentioned fluid, said innerand outer chambers being fluid tight with respect to each other and saidinner chamber with its partition constituting a battle to retard themovement of the fluid in said outer chamber.

7. In a device of the character described,- a body portion constitutingan outer chamber, a partition in said chamber forming with a portion ofsaid body portion an inner chamber, said inner chamber having an openingextending through said body portion, said inner chamber being spacedfrom the ends and aside of said outer chamber, and a receptacle mountedin said inner chamber and having one wall. arranged to close the openingtherein.

8. In a tank of the character described, a fluid tight body portion, afluidtight chamber mounted Within said bodyffportion and spaced from theends and a [Side thereof whereby said chamber acts as a baflie', areceptacle mounted within said chamber, said receptacle having adischarge nipple extending through the wall of the body portion.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES F. BUDROE.

